Meatballs (film) Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman whose later comedies included Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: 10 memorable quotes on her birthday. June 13, 2012. American abolitionist writer Harriett Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811 to Lyman Beecher, a Congregationalist minister.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, nÃ©e Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (born June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.âdied July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut), American writer and philanthropist, the author of the novel Uncle Tomâs Cabin, which contributed so much to popular feeling against slavery that it is cited among the causes of the American Civil War.